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# Getting to the Point Electric Light Orchestra from "Balance of Power" Transcribed by Chris Gaasch Verse:
It's out of conFtrol (out of conC/Etrol) And there's Fnothing I can Gdo now Out of conFtrol (out of conC/Etrol) Swimming Fsoftly through the Gblue now And Dmlook beyond these Dmwalls As the Dmmeaning Dmstarts to Fdawn G (Em-G-C) It's getting to the point Getting to the Fpoint.
Verse:
It's out of conFtrol (nothing I can C/Edo) Like a Ffire that keeps on Gburning And nobody Fknows (what I'm going C/Ethrough) And the Fthoughts just keep reGturning And Dmall you had to Dmsay Was that Dmyou werDme gonna Fstay G (Em-G-C) It's getting to the point It's Ggetting to the Fpoint.
Chorus:
It's Fgetting Gto the Fpoint F/B(no 3rd) Where nobody can stop it now It's Fgetting Gto the Fpoint F/B(no 3rd) Of no return And Fall that GI can Fdo Is stand and Fwatch it Dmnow Watch it Dmburn, Dmburn, Gburn
It's Fgetting Gto the Fpoint F/B(no 3rd) Where reasons are forgotten It's Fgetting Gto the Fpoint F/B(no 3rd) Where no one knows And Fall that GI can Fdo Is say I'm FsorDmry But that's the Dmway Dmit Fgoes... GGetting to the Fpoint.
Verse: Forever Is a long, long way Forever Takes your breath away I'd like to talk about it, try to understand It's getting to the point Getting to the point. Chorus: It's getting to the point Where nobody can stop it now It's getting to the point Of no return And all that I can do Is stand and watch it now Watch it burn, burn, burn It's getting to the point Where reasons are forgotten It's getting to the point Where no one knows And all that I can do Is say I'm sorry
But that's the Dmway Dmit Ggoes... Sax Solo in Gmaj Pentatonic (over chorus chords):
Ending:
It's getting to the Fpoint (getting Dmto the C/Epoint) FGetting to the Fpoint (getting Dmto the C/Epoint) It's Fgetting to the Fpoint (getting Dmto the C/Epoint) FGetting to the Fpoint.